Grain With Grass Can Cut Finishing Grain
Feeding grain to yearlings on grass may reduce total grain needed to finish cattle for slaughter. Studies show 0.8 to 1.0 percent of body weight as grain on grass is most profitable, with gains often faster and fewer days in dry lot. Experiments find whole corn on pasture can match full feed on pasture in rate of gain while using less feed per 100 pounds gain, and sometimes fewer health issues. Implants may add 30 to 40 pounds gain. protein supplements show limited value on corn with green pasture.
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Bill Domermuth
Montgomery City
North Carolina State University
Purdue
Missouri
Lincoln
Montgomery County
Lincoln County
Vo-Ag
Troy
Cargill
Producer's Grain Co
Extension Center
Wheat Loan Price Boost Aimed at Farmers
The Agriculture Department applies the 1974 wheat price support loan rate nationwide at 1.37 per bushel, with county rates typically 8 to 10 cents above 1973 levels. The target price is 2.05 per bushel, guaranteeing payments if cash prices fall below it, while lawmakers push to raise both loan and target levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
USDA
Southern Plains
Kansas
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Upper Plains
Middle
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
US to Buy Cheese to Steer Prices Higher
The Agriculture Department will purchase processed cheese under its price support program to prop up dairy prices for manufacturing milk and raise consumer costs. Processed cheese trades near $1.00 per pound with cheddar at $1.25 to $1.75, while local milk averages $1.59 to $1.61 per gallon for homogenized milk. A separate USDA report shows U S farm exports to Eastern Europe rising to about $500 million in 1972 73, signaling higher commodity prices.
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Agriculture Department
Associated Press
Washington
Europe
Foreign Agricultural Service
Farm net profit outlook good for 1974 says AP
Agriculture Department economists predict 1974 will be a pretty good year for net income, about 22 billion dollars, second only to 1973’s 26 billion. They cite low grain reserves supporting prices early, with higher harvests later pushing prices down and livestock futures improving as beef output declines.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Other Places Doing Better With Corn
Washington AP report notes USDA survey shows corn planting catching up amid poor weather. By last weekend 91 percent of the 1974 crop was planted in the north central area, with Iowa about 93 percent and Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio nearly completed. Illinois 85 percent, Indiana 75 percent, with southern and eastern states nearly finished. Harvest of winter wheat slowed by rain, but development ahead of last year in Kansas and Nebraska. July 1 winter wheat reserves projected at 449 million bushels after a 5 percent drop in prospects.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Ways To Trim Hog Feeding Cost By Harold Sterrett
Hog producers pressed by high feed costs may consider Leroy Rottmann ideas for using resources efficiently. Topics include adjusting protein, high lysine corn, feed formulation, genetic boar selection, high moisture corn storage, self-mixed feed, computer rationing, insulation, waste disposal, site planning, feed additives, pathogen-free stock, and feeder pig sizing for cost-effective buys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sterrett
Leroy Rottmann
University of Missouri
Rottmann
Wheat Fungus Calls For Crop Rotation in Boonslick
Much wheat in the Boonslick area shows heavy infection from Fusarium scab and Septoria glume blotch. The fungus overwinters in residue and spreads by wind and runoff, so crop rotation is advised. cool wet weather accelerates growth. Seed from infected stands should be cleaned and treated with organic mercury to kill seed borne fungus.
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Montgomery City
Boonslick
Farm Wage Rates Climb in Spring Survey
Farm wage rates continued to rise, averaging 2.21 dollars per hour for all hired workers in a spring Agriculture Department survey, up from 2.16 dollars in the previous year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cow Size No Criterion For Profits
University of Missouri researchers found smaller cows are more energetically efficient per unit of weaned beef weight than larger cows. Study compared 1155 lb and 924 lb cows. big cows calf weight higher but require more feed. Turner notes big cows offer salvage value and tax benefits, and fewer reproductive issues with big bulls, combining energetic and reproductive efficiency for profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
University of Missouri- Columbia
Harley Turner
G. B. Thompson
UMC Animal Husbandry
Turner
Rural Kids Drop Out Of School Sooner
The Agriculture Department reports rural residents finish schooling earlier than urban peers. In the 1960s the median rural schooling lagged the national average by two years. Since 1960 rural areas added two years of schooling, urban one year. Rural college graduates were less than half the national average, with about 1 in 20 aged 25 or older holding degrees versus just over 1 in 10 nationally.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Economic Research Service
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Missouri Junior Hereford Association
MJHA
Dunn Hereford Farms
Baring
Keith Dunn
Tommy Morris
Vandalia
Willis Wade
New Bloomfield
Kim Howard
Carthage
Kay Espey
Barnard
Rick Huffman
Conway
Randy McCallum
Joplin
Jeannie Simpson
Paris
Leroy Wade
Jackie Simpson
Charles Hall
Forest City
Mary Beth Jones
Mexico
American Hereford Association
Gordon Thompson
Missouri Hereford Queen
Mary Beth
Nutrena
Gilmore
Mexico, Mo
Federal Land Bank
Inset Association OF Mexico
Livestock Center
Soe
Consolidated Electric Co-Op
Doe
Clyde Brown
DeKalb
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